Environmental Defense Fund Archives - Page 8 of 12

Biofuels ‘Will Meet RFS Mandates Through 2016’

September 3, 2013September 3, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

There will be sufficient supply of advanced biofuels to meet the US Renewable Fuel Standard through 2016, according to Environmental Entrepreneurs’ (E2) annual assessment of the advanced biofuel industry. The report comes amidst renewed scrutiny of the RFS from Congress this summer, as the oil industry seeks to roll back ... Read more »

Aviation Emissions Report Adds Urgency to GHG Plan

August 29, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Emissions trading offers the best and most cost-effective way of mitigating aviation emissions and climate impact by 2050, according to a report by Manchester Metropolitan University’s Centre for Air Transport and Environment (CATE). The least effective strategy is biofuels, using the assumptions of the UK Committee on Climate Change’s assessment ... Read more »

California ‘Ahead of the Biodiesel Curve’

August 28, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Yokayo Biofuels produces about 400,000 gallons of biodiesel per year using a “100 mile diet” strategy: the entire process, from feedstock collection to biodiesel production and distribution, is all completed in Northern California. The company uses only recycled restaurant fryer oil for feedstock and has three trucks that collect oil ... Read more »

Real Estate Industry Cuts Carbon Emissions 3.4%

August 23, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Jones Lang LaSalle, Prudential Real Estate Investors, Starwood Hotels and Resorts and other global real estate firms cut their collective carbon emissions 3.4 percent between 2011 and 2012, says a report published by the Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) Greenprint Center for Building Performance. Buildings also reduced their energy consumption by ... Read more »

AT&T, EDF Toolkit Promises 28bn Gallons in Commercial Building Water Savings

August 21, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

US commercial buildings can collectively save up to 28 billion gallons of water annually by using a suit of tools produced by AT&T and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), the organizations say. For example, buildings with cooling towers typically use 28 percent of their daily water for cooling. AT&T and EDF ... Read more »

Supply Chain Efficiency ‘Key’ to Cutting Carbon Footprint

August 8, 2013 by Leon Walker

Engaging commercial industrial and manufacturing players is key to advancing energy efficiency in that sector’s supply chains, according to University of Minnesota Institute researchers. Companies concerned about their carbon footprint should be at least as concerned – if not more so – about energy use in their supply chain as energy use at ... Read more »

California’s Capital Leads the Nation in Energy Efficiency Financing

August 7, 2013 by Jennifer Hermes

Great news for California and the future of energy efficiency in Sacramento. Today I took part in an announcement by Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson unveiling the nation’s largest Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) project in the country — and potentially a huge boost for businesses in the state’s capital. Launched ... Read more »

EDF Seeks Data for Energy Efficient Buildings Finance Project

August 6, 2013 by Leon Walker

The Environmental Defense Fund’s Investor Confidence Project, and the Clean Energy Finance Center in partnership with state and local lending programs, financial organizations, and other stakeholders, have begun a process of collecting, aggregating and analyzing loan performance and energy savings data from energy efficiency retrofits in residential and commercial buildings. EDF says ... Read more »

EDF Fellows Leverage Noesis Data

August 2, 2013 by Linda Hardesty

Sixty-one Environmental Defense Fund Climate Corps Fellows are using Noesis’ energy tracking and project forecasting tools to identify and prioritize energy-efficiency improvement projects affecting 850 buildings this summer. Noesis provides the free tools necessary for anyone to evaluate the energy performance of a commercial or industrial facility, locate areas in ... Read more »

GHG Plan Could Cost ‘Less than 0.5% of Total Airline Revenue’

July 30, 2013July 30, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The aviation industry can achieve its goal of carbon-neutral growth from 2020 by tapping into the available supply of carbon credits at a cost to the industry as low as $4 per metric ton of CO2, according to analysis published today from Bloomberg New Energy Finance and Environmental Defense Fund ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: GHG Ruling, Exxon Fined $105m, Natgas Blowout

July 29, 2013July 29, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

The US Court of Appeals on Friday rejected a legal challenge by Texas, Wyoming and several industry groups, who objected to the EPA forcing states to set greenhouse gas limits on industrial facilities. In a 2-1 ruling, the court said the parties did not have standing to sue because they could ... Read more »

Mulling How NYC Makes and Uses Energy

July 15, 2013 by Jennifer Hermes

Recently I caught a ferry from the lower Manhattan waterfront (just south of the substation that shorted out so dramatically in the midst of Hurricane Sandy) to the Brooklyn Navy Yard. There, Mayor Michael Bloomberg unveiled his vision of a New York that will be far better able to withstand the ... Read more »

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